Now that digital eBook readers are everyday devices and apps, Amazon has launched a new software application called Amazon Convert that can be loaded on to PC computers running Microsoft’s Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 operating systems.

Enabling users to transform physical paper books into Kindle eBooks. The Amazon Convert application has been created to enable you to transform scans of your personal printed books and documents into Kindle eBook’s.

The Convert software also allows you to preserve anything that you may have added to your book that might make it unique, such as autographs, images or handwritten notes.

Once the physical paper book has been converted into a Kindle eBook, you can then be read it on all Kindle devices and free Kindle reading apps, that are available for iOS and Android platforms. Your converted book is also then held securely in Amazons Cloud Drive storage facility making sure that it’s always there ready for you to download and read when required. Amazon explains a little more:

“Kindle Convert is a software application that allows you to convert scans of your personal books and documents into high quality Kindle books. You can convert your most treasured books, documents and keepsakes into Kindle books.

Kindle Convert books and documents enjoy many of the same features you love about Kindle books including adjustable text size, worry-free storage in the Amazon cloud, Whispersync of last page read, highlights and notes, and a built-in dictionary to lookup the definition of any word. Kindle Convert preserves all the things that make your books and documents unique, such as hand-written notes, autographs, photos and images. Kindle Convert books maintain the look and feel you love about your print books.”

For more information on the new Kindle Convert software jump over to the Amazon website for details and the ability to purchase the software priced at $19.